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Intracellular localization and endocytosis of brush border enzymes in the enterocyte-like cell line Caco-2.

Abstract
Immunoelectron microscopy was used to localize the brush border hydrolases sucrase-isomaltase (SI) and dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPPIV) in the human colon carcinoma cell line Caco-2. Both enzymes were detected at the microvillar membrane, in small vesicles and multivesicular bodies (MVBs), and in lysosomal bodies. In addition, DPPIV was found in the Golgi apparatus, a variety of apical vesicles and tubules, and at the basolateral membrane. To investigate whether the hydrolases present in the lysosomal bodies were endocytosed from the apical membrane, endocytic compartments were marked with the endocytic tracer cationized ferritin (CF). After internalization from the apical membrane through coated pits, CF was first recovered in apical vesicles and tubules, and larger electronlucent vesicles (early endosomes), and later accumulated in MVBs (late endosomes) and lysosomal bodies. DPPIV was localized in a subpopulation of both early and late endocytic vesicles, which contained CF after 3 and 15 min of uptake, respectively. Also, internalization of the specific antibody against DPPIV and gold labeling on cryosections showed endocytosed DPPIV in both early and late endosomes. However, unlike CF, no accumulation of DPPIV was seen in MVBs or lysosomal bodies after longer chase times. The results indicate that in Caco-2 cells the majority of brush border hydrolases present in lysosomal bodies are not endocytosed from the brush border membrane. Furthermore, the labeling patterns obtained, suggest that late endosomes may be involved in the recycling of endocytosed DPPIV to the microvilli.
AuthorsJ Klumperman, J C Boekestijn, A M Mulder, J A Fransen, L A Ginsel
JournalEuropean journal of cell biology (Eur J Cell Biol) Vol. 54 Issue 1 Pg. 76-84 (Feb 1991) ISSN: 0171-9335 [Print] Germany
PMID1674471 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Ferritins
  • Sucrase-Isomaltase Complex
  • Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases
  • Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
Topics
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal (metabolism)
  • Cell Membrane (metabolism)
  • Colonic Neoplasms
  • Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
  • Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases (metabolism)
  • Endocytosis
  • Ferritins (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Microvilli (enzymology, ultrastructure)
  • Sucrase-Isomaltase Complex (metabolism)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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